At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the transformation of underwriting governance and operationalise new mandates across the organisation.
- Company: Major specialty insurance organisation focused on innovation and governance.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, potential for contract extension, and impactful work in a dynamic environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to work closely with senior leadership and drive meaningful change.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact on underwriting processes and governance in a leading insurance firm.
- Qualifications: Extensive project management experience in specialty insurance and strong stakeholder management skills.
Project Manager - Underwriting Operations Governance
£850 per day | Inside IR35 | Contract
I'm currently recruiting for an experienced Project Manager to support a major specialty insurance organisation in strengthening and maturing its Underwriting Governance framework.
Working alongside a new Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), the successful candidate will be responsible for taking the underwriting mandate and operationalising it across the organisation.
The objective is to create a clear, consistent and robust underwriting framework across markets, ensuring brokers and other stakeholders have clear guidance on underwriting authorities, product requirements and controls.
This is initially expected to be a c.6-month programme, with further transformation work likely to follow.
Key Responsibilities
- Operationalise the new underwriting mandate across the organisation.
- Create and cascade a clear set of underwriting authorities.
- Develop and implement product guidelines across individual markets.
- Establish appropriate underwriting controls and processes.
- Review and improve the existing product approval process.
- Ensure underwriting governance is consistently applied across different markets.
- Work with HR, Legal and other key functions to embed the required governance framework.
- Identify gaps within existing underwriting processes and implement improvements.
- Work closely with the CUO and senior underwriting stakeholders.
- Manage delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring activity is prioritised and delivered effectively.
- Support the organisation in creating a more mature, consistent and controlled underwriting operating model.
Experience Required
- Significant Project Management experience within specialty insurance - essential.
- Strong understanding of underwriting processes and governance.
- Experience working with senior underwriting stakeholders, ideally including CUO-level stakeholders.
- Proven experience delivering underwriting transformation or governance programmes.
- Experience creating or implementing underwriting authorities, mandates, controls or guidelines.
- Understanding of product approval processes within insurance.
- Experience working across multiple markets would be highly beneficial.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to operate confidently with senior leadership.
- Strong process, governance and operational delivery experience.
- Able to translate strategic requirements into practical, operational processes.
This role would suit someone who has previously worked on:
- Underwriting governance transformation
- Underwriting operating models
- Underwriting mandates and authorities
- Product approval frameworks
- Underwriting controls
- Specialty insurance transformation
- International insurance governance
Rate: £850 per day
IR35: Inside IR35
Contract: Initially c.6 months, with potential for further work
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Underwriting Operations Project Manager employer: Ports North
Ports North is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic remote work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration in the field of enterprise analytics. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we provide opportunities for professional development and skill enhancement, particularly in cutting-edge SAP technologies. Our inclusive work culture values diverse perspectives, ensuring that every team member can contribute meaningfully to our major SAP S/4HANA transformation projects.
